Hope
Hope

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Hope,

ca. 1689–96

Marcantonio Franceschini, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna
x1985-108

Information

Title
Hope
Dates

ca. 1689–96

Maker
Marcantonio Franceschini
Medium
Red chalk and brush and red wash on pendentive-shaped beige laid paper, squared in graphite, mounted down
Dimensions
44.2 × 31.9 cm. (17 3/8 × 12 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Rensselaer W. Lee, Class of 1922
Object Number
x1985-108
Signatures
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower center: di me Marco Anto Franceschini
Inscription
Inscribed recto, upper left, in brown ink: 27.); signed left center, in brown ink: di me Marco Anto Franceschini
Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
putti, clouds, allegory, staffs (walking sticks), figures (representations), women

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